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sfmcrs. But who will presume _now, in defiance of humanity, and civilization, to re-establish thole barbarous praaices ? •I will never lx - Aieve teat (if my countrymen ; 'on the contrary, I hope that they will reify their ideas, and direct their energies trot to:a low revenge free from all immediate dart- rather to the Ingl;sli than to the Spania; . ds or Poity- goese. MADRID, SEPT. 24.—The Duque del Infantacio, as * President of the Council of Castile, has given no- - tice to that body,. Of the first Session of the Central Junta having y;:sterclav commenced in the Royal Residence of Aran;uez. There is a sufficient num ber of Guards, who wre drawn out in the same man ner as if the Royal Family were present. • VALLADOLID, SEPT. 25.—Yesterday, at one in . the morning, arrived a Courier from Burgos, with letters from that city, and it is ascertained that the .French have retired from that, place - , leaving behind them? six pieces of cannon, spiked ; and it is at the same time reported, that at Pancorvo there was an action with the French, in which the latter.retteated with great hass. The day before their retreat ,frprn Burgos they 'demanded 6no loads of grain; a great-. quantity of wine, with many cattle, and other pro visions. They have left that city absolutely ex hatisted of every thing. "AR IDA, SEPT.. 2 a letter trom Araftorrell we are assufed, that.2so infantry oldie French gar risoh' of the Castle pf Figueras, togeih s er with 50 ca , valry, have gone Over to the town of Gerona, with all their arms and horses: This '*desertion has caused great joy in the army of Llobrogat, as it is known that the foreigners who desert front the French ar my fight well against those who a little before were their companions. 'AcCOrding to advices from Lieu tenant-Colonel•Don• JUN CLAROS, dated 7th inst. riving —an account of the action on th e 3 d, at Jonquera,. he praises the Neapolitans and -Italians under his command, for having attacked the. French with admirable .resolution. The population of Cam predon having risen iu,a inass, with the assistance of 4000 Miquelettes and ,Sonnuines, have obliged the French to shut themselves up, in the castle of Ft-, &eras, depriving them of the Means of sallying out, and committing robberies and sacrileges inpoirlthe • villages in the_ vicinity. ger, but to augment, by the devotion of themselves 'awl their property, the means of carrying on a vi gorous and'aelive•warfare against. bur enemies, • not mcrtly driving ihern from our territory, but Pprsaing them into their own, making them e±perience . in the field of battle the. whole resentplent,a 'a noble nation, perfidiously deceived and, grievously of fended. ", TOMAS DE Motti.A." MADAID,' SEPT.' 28.—This day the'.Council of Carlle has formally acknowledged the. Stipierne Cartral junta, and' its exknple Twill he.followed by the other. Councils and cikrporate bodies of the whole nation.' They write from Orduma.Of , our having tak.g.n, in that neighbourhood, MA.zAarb,o, with all his family and equipage: •‘.Various letters , relate dif ferent encounters which our troops. haVe he i d 'With the French, at different points, : adding iliiitahelat 7 . to are retii ing and abandoning important positions which they 'occupied ; but; as we have not the otii-; • accounts, we cannot answer fOrAheir authority; and inuch . less can eve . pledge (=Selves for the, fiat tet mug report of the • French being almost cat off by our armies, which we. should be happy to she confirmed.. !'tie French, who have r e ti re d f ro n t li orgOs w i th an intention not to rettirn, not only spiked the, can• placed there for, its defence, but also had re- . cour,e to. the infamous and useless veng eance o f spoiling all the wine Which they could not.consunte. , Iu the environs, whenever they heard. of.anynto tlasteries that might satiate heir rapacity and avarice, they nizir.ched to them,-and committed every kintf . of exce,s. This, was the case at that of Cordova ) K here they took. 'every thing,. of any value,' not sparing even the chalices and the most sacr.'d things of that chnith, leaving the Religious. in a state of: in-l'oility. to celebrat e r Divine Service,.' The p'n ▪ tired in mounting - these various excesses, which dishonour humanity, altd,offend the . satiahy of out religion. . - MAILS. ARRIVED--I Gottenburgh, z. Dublin, 4 Waterford. •IYut —3 Gottenburgh, i IS'ateilOrd. PRICE OF STOCKS iIIS DA YAt TWtLVt, O'CLOCK. :COnSOIS . - 67 66i I 041t:lium - - . . OVIEDO, OCT. 3.—By an extraordinary Dispatch, dated the 26th ult. from the Seliers.Deputies f rom this province to. .the central...junta presiding 'over Spain'and the Indies, we are it - act - Med of its instal- Ition at.4raojuez, great part eiftli& : yroVii.wiol De-: rules being present. The CereinOny,was 'preceded . by a Mass of the Holy Ghost; 'ad oath pl,eletence to our Holy Religion, of fidelity , to 'our august -SO- . vereign Fr.r..DINANi) VII. and of exterinination to our enetnieq; and was' concluded with 'l'e D.euhz,.. His Excellency the :Conde DE FLORIDA BLANCA was elected Prasident ad interim, as 10E°I-Dg tb' most ancient Member, and of most accredited exp-rjence.. The - gen'eraisatisfaaioo, says the dispatch, 'which A period so justly longed for has excited, and the,har rnony which reigns among the'several'iVlembers o f the Central Junta, .presage the most , happy •cotiae ouences; and fill our enemies With conSternation, in fast, while hoping t o de r ive the. greatest advan tages from the division o f ' our Provinces,: they see them, on the contrary, united, and a ininplaced at their head, la lib, in li - zippier' times,. was not only respeaed by all. the Cabinets of Europe, but feared in that of, Versailles. The first division of tire ' troops with which this Province Will co-operate in the - common cause, have already marched • beyond the print ipalitr, and the rest will immediately fol low. They all march. with anxious desires to: find an opportunity 'of 'manifesting, in the face of the enemy, the valour and patriotism With 'which they are animated. The Magistrate of Port Figueras has sent official notice to the - Supreme Junta, that, on the morning of the 30th ult. there entered that- road two English brigs, having on. board 'several, of the Spanish aroops wbich .µ 4 , is Latigelana; . and that, according to • iittermation from their CaptainS, .all the others sire Lt 48 transporti,•‘khich' have directed their course.to co:Liam, with the exception of Gyo, volicbakere in I.ighl, and could not 'gain the port, on , aecount 'oftlre' , . ... , ,:a!her,. by n Inch also they had be ..'k . pargtekl trim the convoy. ' The joy which tills esery.good .1 - Spaniard et.tieeing.restored to their country the. brave• wartiotsewhom the mo s t infaMous peifidy - eai - riecl W' to di.e asttdiethe" snows of the North, .is mixed - III: pin on -rccolleding the unhappy tale ot those 'who hate bteti left be,hind, and are - caner dead or, I•risoner 4 : .4 l.:he Spanish nation can ik:ver l'Or•et the tgeeerous et forts of Great-•l3rhaitr, alni het' sigoal be t . -• • , . , befits in hating restored to their 1111111'e soil: dart uf . 1, aii army, which wa ze seen ,. with to munh ariOe • f the liess'etigera from the' Emperor ,i'y„, .., , - Tat arr, va , l o • r •,. • hich we 10 pa.s . the Pyrenees, at a for Mer •pt tic cl,' Fr'i'''d,ijaain , "I,"IECAND ,i II and :13corr • APArtrre,- . ~n- a a 'even theil . its ulterior .and fatal . daiiiitikrn;•- - and' I nonocd on Saturday fait; I hoagli it excited Consider ern:ittini;•-witlicinf .the-sonsolation of beiteiWe,lo,, ,able attention a 'l. • -1. il ~ tit proc uce afavourable opera • - iii,', , . ~ , , iaui: forA:nd to their return.' : • • nricie'a gitnpres , - 6 , . lion upOn the funds, bas not ' EX.En DEIOS CABALLEROS (ARRAGON ) , oErt.l 5. aion on the public mind, .as 'tlie 'clelraaer On the Ithlt iie,faat arrived here five Portuii' uese, of the Oilieers with their atient;iimts; yeterday' tweoty- .. French Tyrant is now perfe4.lly understood. His faur sold'oirs, and Co-day We expectfity':of the same , cese rtei from the -Fr enc h army , • • the liltion. perfidy, artifice; . .lyant of faith, and, - indeed, all his : . . , had ,qualities, are too we lrk nown to • the world f o r . . - a-a - a all Italians,or Germans ; aticli he number yiould• he inoch greater, 'pen.: they not .prevented by, any body to- have the least reliance upon airy o' -r ' L' -. the fear of the peasaieti in the: mountains. The: ' 1 ture he may make: The. persons who were the iattred of the latter is ranch increased, by their hav- . , . 4 ilg - found Mato/ French with. sacred. yesttnen ii,. cups, hearers of the Corsican's propo s al (fo r poor ALUI.E- Itod other uteno.a deoicatad toilivine worship.: The - ANDER must . be considered as his passive. instrument) Tusticity arld ignorance of the peasants, by.not being slep - t at the house of Mr.•StiaW, the Messenger, on ab!e to . disth:guish bet ..veen true Frenehiren anti - , i,..R:ir'reerg,"hilv Sactiliced many of those 'who, from Friday night. Early On Saturday morningahey were 'the heail of Italy, Germany, and other kingdoms, furniShed with Passports, And immediately left town llitve been led hand-cuffed to Bayonne and Pam- tin a post,.Chaise and four. They reached Deal in . yluita, some of them .hawing been, by their own con— the evening. ' Soon after they quitted town, a Tele fessiou, prisoners - of war in France. 'The Deputatien Of the Kingdom of Navarre has fled, and is at pre-; . graphic. Qrder was sent to Deal not to permit the ert . i at Saragossa, in consequenCe of which the Mao - housesof Truce to sail till th e arr i va l o f a King's Mes- Wye' been robb e d alio * of all th e D e p ut i es plundered. The Monastery of-Oliva•has undergone 7enger• After Ministers had fully deliberated on the ilie same fate, oti account of the IbbOt being one. of contents of the Dispatches, , such an answer as was the Deputies, Qn the 13th arrived also at Saragossa, , deemed most wise* and, expedient was sent to Deal the Administrator and Treasurer-General of the v Mr. Straw, the Messenger, who arrived there on. kingdom of Na varre , w i t h some of the funds. ' The b a INlarquis Dt • VALLL SANTORO,- Governor of Pain- i Saturday bight. *-The Russian and 'French Agents pelutta, has been condudted to_Frar..,:t., and JOSEPH 1 returned to France in Aire Flag of. Truce yesterday BUONAPARTE has appointed" General .MoNoEy . his i - successor. THE SUN. . ' SOLIM QUIs DICERS FALSUM AtIIEAT ? ' LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24,4808. Africaine Frigate arrived yesterday at Spit-- head from the Tagus. The French General KEL LERMAN and Suite came over in her. The itrq caine had sailed from the Taguswith Che p.ion of the French troops, but put ,_back conse quence of order,s which were received to-sl - tr , p ing of the third division of the .Ftench troops, until it , was known that the Transports which had carried the two other divisiot . ls had been.peimitted to quit ti e French Ports — Cr.e do not know the objea . of General Kit.t.i.:l;:l,.;'s Visit to this Country., but. it probably has some reference to the above circum stance. We are happy to find that General Ailoortti- • *has commenced his march with his whole Army icr Spain : it was at first intended that they should have! gone by sea, but the weather was so very tempes tuous, that it thought More expedient to march. over land. • A Gottenturgh 'Vail arrived this morning, which brings the, unpleasant intelligence of the Swedes having sustained . some serious reverses in Finland ; in one anion they are stated to, have-lost 1200 nip. Orr the other hand, the Southern Finnish Army ha s obtained some advantages over the.Rossians. Yesterday we received Papers from Oviedo to the 6iii . instairt:froM - Whieh we have made several E traels. -No action• of importa . nee had taken' place When. (lie last -accounts came away. morn i bg • CACBIMS, SEPT. 20.—The h'iockade of the of Li Lippe has been suspended . for six days; in or der that the French who are in. it may send a Coin missioner to . Lisbon, in order to satisfy themselves canitUlation of General JUNOT. But - the French, it itunderstood, would prefer surrendering The Substance of BUONAPAI;Tg'S Ovorfrae!;, 'we have reason 16 believe, will appear to - be just sucs as we tinted to our Readers on Sato:day„ , They: are mere:y intended to throw upon tks country the odium of cootin..ed wa:fare; but though tki I 'various .pec)pit of the Continent are ;kept in such a miserable state of thraldom by Freiich rower, it is not possible for them to be deceived by the arts of the Corsican, With all. his acknowledged subtlety. The world is convinced that whatever be may profess, be has nothing in view but the aggrandizement of himself and his family, and the extension of his poWer, already so enormous. But it is probable that though he can have, no . hope that he could ever indike , us •to abandon the cause of Spain, he may pOs:', • sibly conceive that the bare rumour of a Negotia 7 tion, between 'him and this Country may 'spread a terror aver the Spaniards, and induce them to . te 7 . ' lax in , their .efforts, or bsten to some accommodation by which they - may be thrown off their guard, and . tricked out . .of their independence. All these hopes, however, if such exist, must prove visionary. He never will.be able to deceive the vigilant caution - and provi dent wisdom of the. British Government I • trust too ranch to the patriotism, the valour, and en lightened chara6ter of the Spaniards, :to fear that they , are in any more danger of being ensnared than con_ , quered, by a man. who hasfully unveiled:hiinself to mankind, who is .universally considered as one who possesses no _quality that entitles him to the least de:- gree of confidence, and whois•indeed formidable on _account of his power, but .whose . tall will occasion rejoicings all over Europe, whene ver that desirable • event shall restore the tranquillity of lvhich he has So long deprived it. Yesterday. mor n i ng , the laso r Princesses Au- GUSTA, SOPHIA', and. AMELIA, accompanied by Lady G. MURRAY, Generai FiTzttoY, Colonel DEsßttow, and Majoi . Pß lc E, rode to SC.George's Chapel, Wind ,sor, and heard .Divine Servce. • Yesterdays):veral vesseis arrived in the River from 1 - lolland and the,lialtic ; the Papers brought ny.the former are s of remote dates, the latest being only . to the Bth inst.,• We have, however, seen sortie letter's by-them which communicate the following intelli • Once: . . 4ccounts from the Isle of France,' via Salem, America, have been, received to the 23d of May, which state, - that a.French Officer had arrived 'there, 'from Persia, with intelligence, that a French army, of 10,000 men, had arrived in Persia, on their route to India. The French - privateering - continued very _successful, and the mores°, in consequence of. all the British cruizers graving quitted that station; and gone - into the Persian Gulph, to Watch ilte motipns of the French,.or their friends in •ihat quarter. • - The alarm of a new war with France was so pre, Valent-at Vienna towards the close of the last month, that many people 'endeavoured tb convert their pro perty into specie, -with a:view to its greater safety, or easiertranSport, ;and the price of. a ducal', in con sequence, rose to t 3 florins,' while COnventioii, mO7 ney was a; 262 k and the exchange on Augsberg at 265.. , .Count ZlenY, Minister of Finance,- with a -.view to check thisinjurioupanic i officially declared, that he was charged by his Imperial Majesty to say, that his Maje,:ty maintaihed the most friendly inter -course with all th& Powers or the Continent, and . that the military ; measures which -he had adopted were solely for the tranquillity of the interior, and the maintencnee of peace-that . reports of a co ntrary nature should 1.4. discredited----and his Alajesty in vited commuilicat ion. as , to 'the aethora of then, in order to their pro. , ecutiou.— COniniissionerS haVe been• appointed t 4 be present On the. Exchange; 'in • order to 'prevent the disseminaoon of alarming re ports for stock-jokibing purpOses: r ftwutmost' igiitinee is now ooserved in the Aus trian frontiers with regard 3 , 0-travellers', and all pirs;. ports are r i go r ous ly examined, - and, on the slightest error they:are rejected: " The report of an-intended inva s io n o f • S can i a, in • the - winicr,,by tine French. and panes, is revived; but, ,we apprehend BUONArARTE will have more ur-• •.. gent occasions fur-his Innes than to admit of his em then“ipnisi Swt..den. • 'Several Dan,;h Officers and scan have la fly ,entered int. , - the Russian set - trice ; an J. are now .on Oiel'e-march in bodies of 40 or 50, through Prussia', ro Petersburgh. • The naolintaiticers of Materia and Lippa hate suspended all intercourse between Venice, Zdra, Ste.; and, by their robberies, excited so much, alarm, that it was necessary to. send a. numerous body 'of Austriati troops` from Fiume to scour the country. . • -• I . Sir R. KEATS continues in the ,Relts with th e Edgar and B runsw i c k Shi ps o f , the Line, and several -smaller vessels, and greatly-embarrasses the commu nication between Zealand'and the Continent. One Of the ships of war taken by him at Nyburgh is re ported to have been retaken by the pfisoners, and to have reached a port in Jutland. A Gun-boat, NO. to, carrying a Icing and a short 24 pounder, broke adlift from one of our Brigs, and was taken posses sioti of by a 'party of Danes, „headed by a Captain SCHOENLJELDER. The Prince Frederick Danish indiaman, which lately arrived at Bergenhaus, in Norway, has on board half a million pounds of sugar, and nearly as much coffee, besides spices, -and -other articles of considerable value. This vessel parted from two other banish Indiatnen, off the Hebrides, in a fog. Copenhagen and the whole of Zealand'are much distressed by the interruption of their,fisheries.— Herrings lately sold afElsineur,,& - c. ashigh as three pence•each a couple of bone ti. 411 at three marks; atrda tnackarel at froth eight to nine marks.. . The Spanish troops.in Italy have been distributed in small parties amongst the different garrisons --the principal ,body still remains at Rome. The Portu viese:troops..9t present in France, to the number of 6,0g0, are in like . manner to be dispersed in small • detached corps. . The differences .between the City of Dantzic,and . Prussia, as to the territorial boundaries of the former, have been settled, ands demarkation pots erected at tifty;:ppointed places. The population of the city lias been increased by the late events, but its trade has been nearly annihilated. ./ The hereditary . Prince of SAXE WEIMAR, who has . attended the Emperor ALEXANDER, is married to his Majesty's sister, the Grand Duchess MARIA BALOWNA. • NAVAL NEWS. . ildr4ralty-Ofci, O. 2, 1808. Copy of a Letter from Captain R. Hawkins of His Majesty's Ship Minerva, to Admiral LOrd Gambier, dated Coruna- 1 v Sept. 25, tBoB. • MY LORD, I beg leave to inform you, that in execution. of tour Lordship's Orders on the 23d instant, Ode 45:35. Longitude g. Ig. West, I fell in with 41)(1..thaseda brig near 25 leagues to the S. W. Soon lfter I came in shot of her; had fired at her twice; • the hoisted French Colours, and shortly after over set,' 'the wind hav,ing freshened to a heavy .gale.. ifnmediately br o ught to, and sent th e barge with- Mr. Carter, Mastet's Mate, to endeavour tor Save - the Oeople; they succeeded, by great exertion, in saving of the crew ; they.informed us (the Captain and Officers being drowned), that she was the Jose Nina, • Letter of Mar que , pier ce d , f or 18 guns, and mount ing eight, with fifty men, from St. Sebastian, bound to GtiadalOnpe, with a cargo of flour, brandy - , wine, and cloathing ; and intended, afier delivering het cargo, to cruizt against ourtradein-the Westlndies; -she Was 2 *very fast sailing vessel, has been long emplbyed.as:a priviteer, amd done considerable m . .s. chief. I have the honour to be, tic. (Signed) It. HAWKINS, Capt.., PLYMOUTH, OCT. 22.--..111C Brig mentioned in . my last to have been captured on Thursday, near ilia EAFlystone, proves to be the Maria, of .Teignmouth, Capt. , J. BIBRENS, laden with timber, from New Brunswick, bound to Teignmouth; sbe was retaken' . at four o'clock the same afternoon, by tlie4ctitle Excise Cutter, Captain KINSMAN, which sailed 5 0 1 promptly from Cawsand Bay in pursuit of the ene-!, my.—The Frerichrna;), on finding the Aelive gain ing so fast on . the Maria,' took out .all her crews' . except one seaman, who had concealed himself, and •:„ made all sail, in order to escape ;. the Cutter boarded 7 : antl , took possession o f the Brig,,and then con ti nu ed . • •• her persuit 'after the Privateer, until nearly six o'clock, when she fell in with 'the Brilliant Fri-► gate and Pheasant Sloop of War, who all joined in the Chace; - soon after which the former brought her guns to bear upon, and .fired four . shot into her, when she immediately lowered her sails and struck her colours. She 'proves to be L'Qrbe de Jinn-, 4 new Lugger, ; of about "3(1 tons bUrthen, with two swivel's; and 32 men, armed with muskets and cut lasses.., sent for Torbay. The Maria IA arrived here;.fas well as her Captain, - who was landed ylesterdAy, 'near 'part mouth L'Orbe ode Joitr wa4 . frotnßbscoll, and had, made no other capture this cruize than the one before mentioned; on her prew vious cake' she captured. the.. SuccisS, of Milford, and the Leeds Merchant, of Weymouth, and carried them both to France.: :Her. crew Consists of vaga.! bonds, composed of French, Americans,Perman; ft &c. and it is said there are six or seven Etiglisbmera also. on board, as part of her crew, of whom, " doubt, a proper example will be made, Arrived the Drie Broders, Cap . t; SW,ART±, frorp. St. Übes, with salt, bound toDublin. Sailed thence, with 16 other vese6, under convoy of the Resolute Gun . Brig, Capt. liAnar.s, and parted Companynipo. days'.since in a heavy gale of . Wind.. Arrived the Jane, GRAHAM, from Madeira: . - PAWrsmouTfl, OCT. 23.—Arrived yesterday th. 4 Pelora Sloop , of War r . the Hon.*-Capt: KING, frQ ll2 'Sr.. Andero; la' Spain ; also his MojeSty's Ships ;' iffriaine, with Dispatches fromlisbon ; Skylark;' from the Downs; ,and the Medusa, from Nevi(' foundiancl, having under cionvoy the Warre port, Capt. .ESINGWOOD, with timber from New . Brunswick for this .Port. The remainder of Fleet hal - 'e pat into the western Ports. Sailed, his Majesty's Ship Swallow on and th 6 Crocodile Sloop of War, the Hon: ' C43t CADOCiA4 . , for the Downs. SHEERNESS, 0CT.:72 . - - r 3 nla down from Lopg reach, ;and anchored at the Little Nure, theSiven Sloop of_War: Sailed the Monkey Gun Brig, Lieut. FITZGERALD, with several Vessels under i eonvoy for-the. Baltic. Passed by a Sloop of War fui the Ricer;, also :two large Ships. His Majesty's Ship Mero pe sails with convoy to Heligoland to-rnoribw. OCT. 23.—Arrived the-Mariner Gun ,Brig, Lietl GRIFFITI4§, OPM the Downs.—The Endymion, 40 gulls, the fion. Capt. CAPEL, is paying up to . sP; months. The Arc:Musa, 36, -Capt. MENDS, is " to sail to-day for Portsmouth ; she takes several sea- Men for the Bombay and other Ships, and also C.O Spaniards, to be sent home by the first conveyance that offe,r4 . .. Arrived his Majesty's `Ship Hunte6 . from Deal. DEAL, LICT. 3,—Came down ftoni ',the Ri%,zer the Mar4ery . and Mary, Wriz.rtsrsoN, for New' Pro, viden'ae, and remains in the DJWns with the out'. ward-bound Fleet as per last. • ISLANDS OP' SCILLY, OCT: IS. Came in t! Swedish Brig ConjiinCifon, of and from Cariser nos 'JOHN' MoopYMaster, laden with ti m b er , ta r, pitcn, and jron,; bcitAnd to .I.,i‘urp,ot. Al o the Susanua . ,lo4ESV - 114SBOROUGH Master, froin bound to Li'verpool, with pipe clay corning into harbour sheian on some sunken rocks, which unshipped her . rddder, and has occasioned some little damige on hef 1